My daughter loves to sing! A dear friend prayed over her an infant that she might be a singer and worshiper of Jesus, and I believe the Lord is answering that prayer! Recently, I set out on a mission to find some good solid CD’s of music, especially Scripture verses set to music that we could fill our home with. I decided this was going to be her Christmas present: a Portable CD Player(one that she could carry around the house with her) and a few good CD’s for her enjoyment. Here are some great finds and a fun giveaway!
Songs for Saplings - Songs for Saplings is a ministry of a home school mother (who actually lives in my area), Dana Dirkson. Her vision is to supply families with solid Christian music that would teach children about God. Thus far she has released four CD’s that are simply wonderful! The Songs for Saplings ABC’s puts Scripture verses to music that can be used while you teach your children their ABC’s. It includes a Scripture verse song for every letter of the alphabet, in addition to verses that can be used throughout the year for all the holidays. Very simple verses so great for toddler and preschoolers especially. I did give this CD to Karis already and she absolutely loves it! She can sing many of the songs already and it fills my heart with such delight as she learns simple Bible verses. It is never too early to plant God’s Word in their little hearts. Her other CD’s are a series titled Question & Answers that go through God & Creation, the Fall & Salvation, Christ and His Work, teaching basic doctrine to children in a catechism of sorts. Dana also offers chord charts that are free to download from her site. Highly recommended!
Steve Green’s Hide Em in Your Heart- I loved these CD’s as a child! Steve Green sets Bible verses to music in a fun, entertaining way. I can still sing many of the songs from these CD’s from my childhood. Music is so powerful! This set includes the DVD video that are enjoyable to watch and teach the verses and character qualities more visually. Check out Hide Em in Your Heart Vol 01 & Hide’em in Your Heart Vol. 2.
To Be Like Jesus - by Sovereign Grace Ministries. A fabulous solid collection of worship songs for children. To Be Like Jesus contains twelve worship songs that teach the fruit of the Spirit in a creative and memorable way. Through these songs kids will learn that Jesus is our perfect example of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. They are theologically sound and engaging. We use alot of Sovereign Grace worship music at our church and always enjoy their albums. You can also purchase this album directly from Sovereign Grace here.
Hymns for A Kid’s Heart – by Bobbie Wolgemuth – An excellent series of books and CD’s that will help teach your children the 
beauty of hymns. Hymns are packed full of solid gospel truth and are such a tool to be used in teaching your children the Word of God. Each book in this series includes a story about the history behind each hymn, lyrics, verses to be discussed and prayers. We recently purchased the Christmas Carols for a Kid’s Heart to be included in our preparations for Christmas. I want my little ones to hear and understand the wonderful gospel truths that are proclaimed in some of the traditional carols and the history behind them. Also, check out Passion Hymns for a Kid’s Heart.
Seeds Family Worship - I just stumbled upon these CD’s through recommendations by the readers and after listening the samples, I just had to add these CD’s to the list! Wonderful Scripture based songs for all – adults and children alike! There is a lot of variety in style and voices, including voices of children and adults. I can definitely see myself really enjoying this music as well and learn Scripture together with my little ones. Series includes: Seeds of Courage, Seeds of Faith, Seeds of Purpose, and Seeds of Praise.
Now, for the giveaway!
Dana Dirkson has graciously donated one copy of Songs for Saplings: ABC’s for us to giveaway! You can have the chance to add this awesome CD to your family collection.
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1. Simply add a comment below and share your favorite resource for teaching your children. It could be your favorite music CD, book, or resource.
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We love the Jesus Storybook Bible. The pictures are so fun to look at, and the retelling of Bible stories is incredible – the author does a fantastic job of showing how everything is about Jesus. My 2-year-old daughter loves her “Jesus book” and likes sitting and “reading” it by herself.
I love Karyn Henley’s Playsongs DVDs for preschool-aged children. They are so sweet and cheerful and teach a lot of truths about God and encourage kids to worship Him. But get them fast…they are out-of-print and hard to find. I believe a couple of the titles may only be available now through karynhenley.com. We also have her Christmas CD, which is great, and I just ordered her Before I Dream story Bible which comes with a 1-hour CD.
I love your site! Have been following it for a little over a year now! My favorite cd’s for children songs are by Laurie Berkner. My daughter loves the songs, and I even like to sing along with them!
I would love to try out one of those CD’s! I have not purchased any CD’s for your 2 year old yet, but I will definitely be looking into some of these after your reviews of them. Thanks for sharing!
This is something we need! My daughter loves music & singing, I need to get on the ball & get her some of these to fill her mind with pure & lovely things!
I am actually on the lookout for Christian resources and right now I have The Beginner’s Bible by Karen Henly. We love it. I have heard about the Songs for Saplings and have been wanting to get it. Music is such a great way to memorize scriptures and I can’t wait to check out these other recommendations.
Thank you!
The Young Peacemakers series is a wonderful Bible study for kids! I also love the Hide ‘em in your Heart cds!
I would love to win this CD — currently, my 3 yr old is memorizing scripture using Susan Hunt’s “My ABC Bible Verses: Hiding God’s Word in Little Hearts.”
I recently wrote about some of my favorite music that puts scripture to song on my blog.
I wonder if any/all of these are word-for-word scripture or do they just communicate the idea?
We like the Seed CDs and the Wee Sing Bible songs. My husband or I get our son out of bed with the “Rise and Shine and give God the glory” song each morning. Naps end with the “Rejoice in the Lord” song. I have a little book called “God Knows” that was a gift from one of my aunts. It is great for really young kids. I think you have talked about “Hand Commands” by Ann Dunagan before, but we are having fun with that for the Ten Commandments.
Thanks for the giveaways that you run, it is always fun reading others ideas and getting the chance to win.
Also, I forgot to list “Your Story Hour with Uncle Dan and Aunt Carol.” It is on one of the radio stations here and has some fun tellings of history.
My favorite resource? But there are so many!! Some that we love, in no particular order: My Bible Friends books, Forever Stories books, My Bible First curriculum, you already mentioned Steve Green’s CDs, Leading Little Ones to God . . .and even though my girls are on the young side (6) we’re using Polished Cornerstones, and enjoying it, and I expect we will cycle through it several times before they are grown, and learn new things (them AND me) each time through.
I really love old fashioned hymns for teaching Bible doctrine- and the Bible itself, of course! We also really enjoy the music by Jamie Soles. Some of his cds are really just stories and psalms of Scripture set to music. Great, IMHO!
We love the Hide ‘em in Your Hearts, also. Did you know that there is a “Hide ‘em in Your Heart: Praise & Worship for Kids”? That one is my favorite
I also enjoy reading “Big Truths for Little Kids” to my kids.
I would love to add to our collection of godly music for the kids!
I so enjoy these as well…thanks for all your valuable resource posts, ideas and encouragements!
Thank you for posting this! I can’t wait to get these CD’s for my family!
My favorite music resource is my dad’s Psalms; he has put 60 entire Psalms to music, word for word. My sisters and church back home have grown up on them. It’s awesome to have committed entire chapters of the Bible to memory! They are available for ordering (both on CD and sheet music) on this site: http://sovereigngracechurch.net/id3.htm
The Jesus storybook Bible is the best children’s Bible there is!
Right now we are doing a lot of School House Rock
My son is only 14 months old, so I am looking for teaching resources myself and appreciate all of the great ideas here. He LOVES music and dancing and immediately started dancing and clapping to Songs for Saplings samples on its website. I’ll have to add it to his Christmas list if I’m not fortunate enough to win the giveaway! Thanks for posting on this topic – your blog is really great.
This would be terrific for my kidos! We’ve had Steve Green’s cds for years and love them! Leading Little Ones to God has been a super devotional for my kids! Thanks for the opportunity to win this “Songs for Saplings” CD! I loved listening to the snippets.
We have both of the Hyms for a Kids Heart by Joni Erickson-Tada and we love them! Thanks for the research and the suggestions for more music with verses!! Love your site!
Thanks so much for your blog! While we don’t have many or any children’s Bible CD’s…we have to change that! we have some good books…which I think can be hard to find. As for a toddler Bible, my favorite is Zondervan’s ‘The Beginners Bible’ East to understand and fun to read and pictures on every page.
One of our favorite resources in our family is 106 Days of Creation Studies from simplycharlottemason.com. If you are homeschooling or not this is a great resource in teaching your kids about Creation and the Power of our God. It is fun and so enjoyable for the kids. And it is simple for the young ones as well as more advanced for the older ones as well. GREAT RESOURCE!
Thanks for making this website so informative! I am so THANKFUL for your website as I reflect on thanksgiving and how God uses this site to encourage and help me in my role as a wife and mother!
We use Seeds Family worship–and love it! My 2.5 year old knows so many scriptures and sings them constantly because of these cds. I’m also blessed because my mother is a musician and has a few tapes and CDs that have wonderful scripture songs and stories that we listen to. Andy frequently requests to listen to Emmie sing (that’s what he calls my mom). I am amazed at how quickly he learns new songs and it’s so beautiful to see him sing them to anyone who will listen.
My children do not take my grandchildren to church regularly, and winning this music would be a another great way for me to bring the beauty of Christ’s love into the little ones’ lives.
I would recommend the Read and Share Bible, book and DVD combo.
Thanks so much for the recommendations.
We LOVE the Seeds collection! I began collecting them before we had kids.
We are so blessed with a 4, 2 and 1 year old. I truly believe the greatest resource is the Bible itself and a parent’s passion for it. Yes, much is over their heads at this point, but if we can take something from our daily reading with them, bring it down to their level and have a personal passion for the Word…these things will impress more upon their heart than anything. That’s not to say we don’t use other material. We love Patch the Pirate, Mrs. G., Wee Sing, Cedarmont Kids, Jonathon Park and our own singing time to name a few. Thanks for all the wonderful insights along the way. I have been so blessed by your blog.
We love Leading Little Ones to God. As for music, we love the Phil Joel cd for kids- Deliberate Kids.
A couple favorites of ours are The Jesus Storybook Bible and Big Truths for Little Kids. We also have the Sovereign Grace CD you showed, and we really love their kids CDs. I’d love to win this CD for my kids- what a great Christmas present!
Jim Weiss of Greathall Productions, Inc. is THE BEST storyteller for families. Oh the memories of long car trips or snuggling in bed listening to Jim tell of King Arthur and His Knights, Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers, Arabian Nights, and so many more! How I miss those days! Our three sons grew up on Jim Weiss stories (cassette tapes!). We even saw Mr. Weiss in person at a local library some years back. The boys have never forgotten that day, or the stories! These cassettes/CDs are keepers, to hold onto for grandchildren some day, Lord willing. Seriously, I would love to sell these CDs as they are so wonderful. There are stories for preschool on up, all of them based on classic books & stories. Mr. Weiss has a passion for getting kids interested in reading classics. See for yourself!
http://www.greathall.com/home.html
As for DVDs, I highly recommend The Donut Man. They are fantastic! Such wonderful Christian 1/2 hour shows with Christ-honoring themes and lots of singing. Much more spiritual “meat” in them than Veggie Tales. Of course there is Duncan, the cute donut puppet, in every show. Again, my boys grew up on The Donut Man. Last year I “upgraded” our collection to DVD, as our videos were getting worn out from use (I loan them out now that our boys are older). These are so worth keeping for grandchildren too! The DVDs came with a free “Duncan” puppet–so cute!
http://www.donutman.com/
Enjoy your little ones Moms. They grow way too fast! God bless!
I grew up with Patch the Pirate and CEF!! I will use both with my kids! I esp. love CEF! In my personal opinion, it is the absolute BEST!! I’d love to win the CD! I am always looking for good CD’s!!
We have 10 wonderful blessings, 9 months – 20 years. My littles always enjoyed 100 Sheep and Steve Green’s cd’s. Great stuff! Anything to help make God’s Word stay with them is a blessing!!
We have some old Psalty Sing-a-long and Colby records that I can still sing along to…the kids like those quite a bit…also, my daughter likes to go get her children’s picture Bible when she sees me reading my own Bible. Her favorite story is “the Jesus story”, the story of his birth, but one day she’ll understand that all the stories are Jesus stories!
Thanks for the giveaway! (I plan to check out this CD even if I don’t win!)
We use a company called Kids’Juke Box. They take your child’s name and sings it in whatever CD you choose. There are several CD’s to choose from. We have the Christian music one, and the girls always light up when they hear their name being sung. The website is kidsjukeboxinc.com.
I love Sovereign Grace’s CD “Awesome God” for kids.
http://www.sovereigngracemusic.org/albums/category/sovereign_grace_music/awesome_god
I love the Steve Green cd’s as well as the Cedarmont and Wee Sing. I also really like the Alphabet Bible verse Chorus songs cd from Higher Learning Series. All work well to get the littles (and Mama too) to help hide His word in their hearts. But my favorite resource is the bible study/devotional that is part of my homeschool curriculum. I use Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory and Little Hands to Heaven from Heart of Dakota publishing and they are Fabulous!!!
Oh, I’ve been wanting some good children’s CDs for SO LONG! I have to say that my favorite resource for teaching my children is nature itself. So much about God and His love for us can be revealed through gazing upon His creation!
My daughter is 20 months and is very into music ans singing…so I have found that she learns really well when anything is put to song. a former worship leader at our church, Eric Gilbert, created a wonderful children’s cd of the shorter catechism and my daughter now knows many of the lessons! The cd is called: Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? I have heard good things about the seeds cds too!
I love to use my son’s devotional bibles straight after breakfast each morning. Great giveaway!
We love and listen to lots of kinds of music. My 4 year old has loved listening to stories since she was 2. Recently, some cousins gave her “Adventures in Odyssey”. They are a bit old for her, but she loves them as do all her 17 cousins!
As a child i remember my mom and I singing along with Psalty’s Sing a Long. I am 31 and I STILL remember those songs! It is totally my hearts desire to have sweet songs about Jesus tucked into my little darling’s hearts…Great post!!!
God has blessed us with 10 children, ages 2 – 18 years. For teaching on Creation and Science we love the dvds: “Incredible Creatures That Defy Evolution I, II, and III”. These are available from http://www.visionforum.com. Our favorite books for reading aloud to the little ones are “The Story of Mr. Pippin”, “Bless the Lord”(Psalm 103), and “The Lord Builds the House” (Psalm 127) by Joannah Bluedorn. These books are full of beautiful illustrations. Our youngest daughter who just turned 2 in September has already memorized large parts of Psalm 103 because we read the book almost daily! I’m so thankful for the many godly people who have taken the time to produce these quality items so we can teach our children about God’s ways while they are young.
I love the A Beka Book Bible flash-a-cards for my students. I have even learned so many neat facts myself. =)
My daughter is only 5 months old but we love and play the Seeds cds and Hide ‘em in Your Heart alot already. One resource I can’t wait to use is the Jesus Storybook Bible. I love that all of the stories point to Jesus… we’re giving it to her for Easter next year.
We also *love* all 4 of the Seeds CDs. We rotate through them in the car and my son will request a song and tell me which color CD it’s on
I love Steve Green’s kids’ music and I also like Patch the Pirate for my kids.
Thanks for these excellent recommendations…I will put them on my Amazon wish list right away! The Steve Green CDs are classics and amazingly catchy. One other one you may enjoy is put out by Keith and Kristyn Getty, called “Songs that Jesus Said.” My kids love it. And thanks for the chance to win one of the CDs!
My son and daughter love music! Would love to preview the CD.
We love Awana here for learning Scripture verses… my son asks to review his verses everyday.
My kids love to listen to the Cedarmont kids worship cd’s as well. My two year old will ask to hear the “God” tape as soon as we get in the truck.
I love the Seeds Family Worship cds! What a great way to memorize Scripture! We also really love the Jesus Storybook Bible.
Thanks for the resources and the giveaway.
The Big Picture Story Bible by David Helm is currently one of our family’s favorite reads.